Yak & Yeti

I ate there this evening for dinner in the table service. I was surprised to know it's not Disney owned (and thus doesn't take DDE). I had the Maple Tamarind Chicken which was fairly good. I thought it was a good choice, not amazing and not bad either.

What bothers me about non-Disney restaurants that don't take DDE is that these same restaurants take the Disney Dining Plan, so clearly they could take DDE but Disney chooses not to push it and it bothers me because its yet another perk that has diminished value for AP holders :roll:

Thanks for mentioning the 10% off for DVC members Kim....I'm sure that helped someone

Luckily for us they gave us 20% off for CM discount so it wasn't a total loss. Like I said, Yak & Yeti is good, not great.

Plbbpt. I've had the crispy honey chicken and the shrimp tempura--the latter was average, and the former was considerably sub-. The only thing I've liked there was the green beans, which are really good. Other than that, my brother had the pho, which he said was great for diets, as it made him resent food for the rest of the day (I am not sure if he ever had pho before, so that may be more a pho judgment than a Y&Y judgment on his part.)

After two strikes, I think I'm done with it, until I start hearing about improvements.

We did the counter service version last week; found the portion sizes for the price to be large (compared to home) and quality comparable to what we get at home. Our party got 2 of the Shrimp Lo Mein, I got the mandarin chicken salad, and another ordered the beef.

Everyone was satisfied; it was fast, hot, and ready to go @ 11:00 AM. Just before rides on Everest and Kali. I've been now to the Table Service and the Counter service aspects, and liked both.

What bothers me about non-Disney restaurants that don't take DDE is that these same restaurants take the Disney Dining Plan, so clearly they [i]could[.

I wrote about this in my Trip report from Feb. About how our server told use how the DDP works at these non-disney owned resturants.

But we really enjoyed our meal at the Table service part. This past trip in Aug we ate at the quick service part, and wasn't that thrilled with the quick service as it was no better than Panda Express (infact I would say worse) and about 3 times more expense.

But we really enjoyed our meal at the Table service part. This past trip in Aug we ate at the quick service part, and wasn't that thrilled with the quick service as it was no better than Panda Express (infact I would say worse) and about 3 times more expense.

Wow, that's funny because we were kinda disappointed in the table service Yak & Yeti food (and especially the service) and liked the QS. Maybe because when I ate at the QS my expectations were low. :wink: I definitely want to try the TS again sometime as I've heard others that like the TS.

I liked Yak & Yeti when I went last year. Service was great, because I sat at the bar (service is always better at the bar!). I think I had the tamarind chicken, and it was pretty good. The couple next to me got ribs, which they went on and on about, so I assume they were good.

I haven't been back since my first visit, mostly I think because they don't take DDE and quite honestly, I much prefer Tusker House if I'm going to go for a sit down.

I have to give Tusker House another try, but I was there the same day as Scopa was last time (or the day after), but Tusker House was gross in its cleanliness of the plates. There was still food on the "clean" plates, and that really messed with my appetite.

We ate there in October and loved it. The food was very good as well as the tea. When our daughter who was 15 months at the time saw us using our chopsticks and wanted to try her hand and them as well. It was very cute to watch her eat the Lo Mein with them. She got tired of using the chop sticks and thought that the carrot sticks in the lo Mein would work just as well. There was a couple sitting next to us that had more fun laughing at her and her attempts to eat like everyone else. in the end she gave up and used her fingers. The price was not that bad, close to what we pay at home and was much better tasting too. It was very cold the day we were at the AK so sitting upstairs and watching it rain worked out great. After our daughter had lunch she spent the rest of the time people watching and talking to the family's by us. We would go there again the next time.
I am going to try to add photos of the day I hope it works.